Dr. A.F. Philips
Dr. A.F. Philips stands in front of Eindhoven Central Station, welcoming arrivals with a thoughtful bronze figure. Oswald Wenckebach shows Anton Philips with his head bowed, wearing a mid-length coat and holding his hat in his left hand. The sculpture rises about three and a half metres above its granite pedestal.
Wenckebach created the work in 1949, and Eindhoven unveiled it in 1951 during the Philips factory’s sixtieth anniversary. Anton Philips and his brother Gerard began a small lightbulb factory in 1891, which grew into the global Philips company. Housing, schools, a library, recreation, and sport connected that company with everyday life in Eindhoven. Engravings on the pedestal include Eindhoven’s words to Dr. A.F. Philips, plus the crests of Eindhoven and Zaltbommel, his birthplace.
Wenckebach uses restrained proportions and a calm expression to suggest responsibility rather than triumph. The city awarded the sculpture its culture prize for sculpture in 1956. On the back, the years 1874 and 1951 mark Anton Philips’s birth and death.
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